UN : Sudan facing a looming food crisis due to conflict, economic turmoil (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
A record 11.7 million people in Sudan are expected to be facing acute hunger at the height of the lean season in September, an increase of nearly 2 million people compared with the same period last year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned.

Climate : Conclusions on MWP reached after much wrangle (PRIV)
(TWN, Penang)
Parties to the UNFCCC adopted conclusions on the mitigation work programme (MWP) after much wrangle at the recently held 56th session of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Bodies (SB 56) in Bonn, Germany that took place from 6-16 June.

UN : Global call to save 222 million dreams for children impacted by crises (PRIV)
(IPS, Nairobi)
It is not enough that they were robbed of their childhoods and their shattered young lives defined by bombs, bloodshed and death. Now, crisis-impacted school-aged children are falling off the academic bridge that could lead them out of the carnage.